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China Plans To Reach Mars by 2020 and Eventually Build a Moon Base (techinsider.io)
Rebecca Harrington, writing for Tech Insider: China has plans to orbit the moon, land people on it, and eventually settle a moon colony. But that's just part of the nation's vision for space exploration: China intends to get a spacecraft to Mars by 2020. "Our long-term goal is to explore, land, and settle [on the moon]," Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's moon and Mars missions, told the BBC. "We want a manned lunar landing to stay for longer periods and establish a research base." Weiren didn't specify when the country plans to accomplish these goals, but he did say they will "check out" the far side of the moon before attempting to land astronauts there. This mission already has concrete plans. He also said China wants to reach Mars by 2020, and implied that the country has finally settled on a mission to send a rover to the Red Planet. "We will orbit Mars, land and deploy a rover -- all in one mission," Weiren told the BBC.
It's 2016 now, let's not forget just how far into the future we are(*).
* us oldies expected cancer cures, nuclear fusion, and hyper-speed travel for vacations by now.
yes, someone has started the next space race!!!!!
What will USA, Russia and EU do to compete?
Then go do it.
Talk is cheap, bitches.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
This is what you get when your manned space program is driven by actually having achievable goals than by nostalgia and keeping the government pork flowing. Oh I have no doubt there will be a lot of flag waving and such, but I'll take my hat off to them when they pull off a sustainable colony on the moon. Which event will come long before NASA even manages its publicity stunt manned flight to Mars. Manned space flight is still risky, and you will lose people eventually. NASA has largely decided that the risk of losing people is unacceptable to Americans and they will keep manned projects in design indefinitely to avoid it. Just wait and see. One thing the Chinese have going for them, they won't let loss of life knock their program on its ass. Those lost will be rightly called heroes and will inspire, not terrify, others to follow.
Seriously, the causal racism on Slashdot these days is getting way out of hand and really really old (as you probably are)
What if the moon lander wants to phone home to the Amazon S3 instance? We can't build a moon base without putting an Amazon data center there, otherwise the ping is too big. And if we want to use Apple devices in space, we need an Apple data center, too.
If they have more moon-base space than we do, they could breed more, and possibly take over when they come out. They might even try a quick, sneak attack, so they can take over our moon base space. They might even try to knock over a couple of other countries and take their moon-base space.
Judging from his user name he is already posting from beyond the grave.
I guess you probably meant "casual", and by "racism" I can only presume by the context you meant "off-color Michael Richardsian jokes"
have some pity, not everyone can be a Daniel Tosh.
Sorry, the free nations of the Earth must forbid dictatorship from spreading off world.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
Maybe she wasn't being racist, maybe she was simply culturally appropriating Engrish! After all, the Engrish language has a long and proud tradition in Chinese culture!
Could make your head explode, couldn't it?
Really. All I could say is Ho Lee Fuk!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Dont you mean culturalism or nationalism? Racism generally has an altogether different meaning. It's cool; English can be hard.
Gentlemen! Please! You don't have to crowd so close together, this is the Space Room!
Honestly, it's my personal opinion that the US needs someone else to beat us to a major milestone in space. We've fallen into a bit of a winners dilemma. We've beaten everyone else, why do we need to keep trying? I think if China beats the US to Mars, you'll see the political will materialize around the space program again.
Why are you so rude to a Chinese speaker who is obviously struggling with the English language?
So that was why the Chinese guy was arrested for political critique when he said he is displeased with the inadequate erections?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I'm planning to design and build autonomous construction robots which will mine, refine, and manufacture and even do basic constructions all by themselves.
NASA has had plenty of time to achieve this technology. I bet tiny little war torn Israel already has it.
If you want to actually be on Mars by 2020 then you need to be in flight for 6 to 8 months before you touch down and that's not mentioning all the planning that takes place.
Where are the publicity shots of your rover prototypes if not the real rovers themselves?
Where are the publicity shots of the orbiter and deployment bus for the rover?
What rocket platform have you validated for Martian transit?
AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
When they build the moon base, please let them call it Hong Kong Luna
And I hope it lights a fire under President Hillary Clinton (odds are 1/3 in her favor) to start Space Race 2: Mars or Bust!
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They should find 3 operational rovers (2 of them nuclear powered and one of those recently landed), a stationary lander, and a veritable armada of US spacecraft in orbit. The Chinese need to be careful not to embarrass themselves.
We cannot allow this to happen!
Seriously, the causal racism on Slashdot these days is getting way out of hand and really really old (as you probably are)
Seriously, anonymous complaints are white noise.
Seriously, the causal racism on Slashdot these days is getting way out of hand and really really old (as you probably are)
Old racists, young dyslexics. Another missed chance to untie on an issue.
This is just for domestic chinese politics; they may achieve it but the purpose is to highlight the fact that China in it's current form is just as good as the West.
There's no value in going to the moon; this is why NASA has lost focus on the moon. Satellite imagery and communications is so much more immediately valuable; the moon simply has nothing to provide of value that you can't get out of a satellite today. In 50 years maybe, when they figure out how to bring back something of value and land it on earth, then maybe we're talking, but that's a long ways off.
NASA has improved their cyber security.
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Pretty much everybody that wasn't warning us of IMMINENT ATOMIC DEATH from the COMMIES. And half of them, to boot.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Looks like Apple Inc. "TOP Queer" CEO Timmy Cook's $300 Billion chump change will pay for the China Space Program and more!
Ha Ja
Talk is cheap
No, that was racist. I'm not sure why people like you are so quick to defend and dismiss racism.
But you've bravely posted under your real identity, I see.
When you get to Mars and build a base, wouldn't it be a Mars Base?
What do you mean by 'people like you'?
And presumably Nasa and others do not talk or announce plans or go through years and decades of talk. Why this gratuitous animosity? Towards a natural process of announcements of plans. Something weird happening here with these reactions.
What do you mean by 'people like you'?
You know, South Park fans.
The authorities decided to go hard on him to show him how wrong he was
I don't care about China they've been full of it for decades. Now if Russia said that I might take it more seriously.
Daddy Trump motivates all the bigots to get out of the closet, get used to it, is the real "You".
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>really really old (as you probably are)
Ageist motherfucker.
The glorious leader Kim Jong-un has already established a very successful moon research base, and has single handedly colonised mars in his spare time. He announced it at Christmas and said it would be done by the end of the year.
Got to love the Chinese (or any communist) propaganda train
But he already knew how wong he was. And how wang too.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
China's Jade Rabbit died after only a day or so on the lunar surface, whereas the American Rovers (Spirit & Opportunity) and the American Space Telescope,Kepler, last for YEARS beyond their expected lifetime.
As in, alluding that distinctive human characteristics, abilities and traits are pre-determined by race? Somehow I fail to see the connection to this notion.
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Hey, edumacate yourself. That's Vietnamese, not Chinese.
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